[38751] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: cogentco.com technical analysis?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Rude)
Tue Jun 12 19:15:26 2001
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:12:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Rude <steve@rudedogg.com>
To: "Murphy, Brennan" <Brennan_Murphy@NAI.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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I believe that this is a topic that has been brought up before.
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2000-12/threads2.html#00175
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Steve Rude
steve@rudedogg.com
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Murphy, Brennan wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Cogent Inc. They are
> one of the companies offering high speed internet (fast ethernet/GigE) at
> rock
> bottom prices. :-)
>
> I know the adage "you get what you pay for" typically applies but
> I was looking for some concrete end user experiences. I'm not trying to
> break the charter of this mailing list by devoting a discussion to various
> emotion based opinions about a particular vendor. I am actually seeking
> technical opinions on whether what is being advertised is actually
> being delivered with reliability. More specific questions: do Cogent's
> peering arrangements seem adequate to the amount of bandwidth
> they are offering? Or are these major bottlenecks to an otherwise
> good network? Are any of Cogent's competitors worth taking a look
> at? Any non-obvious reason why? Does anyone have any statistics to provide
> that paints a picture
> about what you get from their products? I guess if enough people
> complained that this was too off topic, I could still request direct
> replies and I could put a summary together for any interested parties.
> But I reread the charter before putting this together and it seems
> fair game. When is Worldcom, et al going to start offering these
> products? ( maybe when companies like cogent start succeeding?)
> Thanks,
> -BM
>
>
